Science & Society

Can A Government Agency Save Science?

Okay, I am going to do something that will cost me my Republican voter card- I am going to recommend we reopen a government agency, the  Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 31 2009 - 6:39pm

1 In 3 Brits Still Struggling To Find An NHS Dentist

It has been revealed that 1 in 3 people in the UK are still struggling to find an NHS dentist, according to new research from Simplyhealth. Simplyhealth's Annual Dental Survey has revealed that alarmingly just over a third of Brits (35%) struggled to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 10:10pm

Could A Publish Or Perish Attitude Produce Einstein Today?

Is today's academic and corporate culture stifling science's risk-takers and stopping disruptive, revolutionary science from coming to the fore?  Writing in Physics World, Mark Buchanan looks at those who have shifted scientific paradigms and ask ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 10:48am

There's No Recession In The Bridal Industry

Sure, things are tough all over.    Heck, Linda Evangelista recently stated she now would get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day (1).    ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 12:00pm

Want a promotion? Blog on ScientificBlogging!

Scientific Blogging can help your career! Well, indirectly. A study out of Melbourne University in Australia found that workers who surf the internet for fun at work, within a reasonable limit of less than 20 percent of total office time, are about nine p ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 3 2009 - 2:35pm

Hey, Is This Innuendo?

I'm no expert on shaving products or Australians(1) but this new Wilkinson Sword Quattro for Women Bikini thingie, with a razor on one end and a waterproof bikini trimmer on the other, is not supposed to be used on cats.   I am sure of it.   Yet, righ ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2009 - 10:56pm

Do Male And Female Scientists Perceive Setbacks Differently?

I came across a blog today, written by a female scientist (apparently- it's an anonymous blog and that's okay, if Obama's teleprompter can have a blog I suppose anyone sentient can also, but anonymity speaks of a certain paranoia) and she wo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 4 2009 - 10:38pm

The Age of Plastic

The Age of Plastic The term 'plastic' means, generally,  ' easily moulded or shaped '. Online dictionaries tend to show only a few of the very many variants and meanings of the term ' plastic '. I have tried here to compile a ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 6 2009 - 4:10pm

PSD502 Premature Ejaculation Spray Makes Men Last 6 Times Longer- Ignore That Burning Sensation

Men with premature ejaculation who used a topical spray five minutes before intercourse were able to delay their orgasm six times longer than normal, according to a study in the April issue of BJU International. Three hundred men with clinically diagnosed ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2009 - 10:52am

Glass Ceiling For Women May Mostly Apply To Fat Ones- Study

Weight discrimination appears to add to the glass ceiling effect for women, according to a new study in the British journal Equal Opportunities International. Overweight and obese women are significantly underrepresented among the top CEOs in the United S ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2009 - 2:48pm